The month of May is Domestic and Family Violence Month and The South Brisbane Domestic and Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Unit have joined the cause to encourage people to not be a bystander and do something to help eradicate this recurring problem in our community. Want to know more on what you can do […]
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Coffee with a Cop, Carindale
The Carina Police Station and Westfield Carindale have teamed up to present a ‘Coffee with a Cop’ day at the Carindale Shopping Centre. The opportunity encourages members of the public to engage with police on a more personal level in a less formal structure. Police will be on hand to discuss any and all topics […]
Armed robbery charges, Manly
Police have charged four people after a staff member was threatened with a knife at a Manly business yesterday afternoon. It will be alleged at 1.30pm a man and three teenage boys entered a convenience store on Trevally Crescent in Manly West. One of them allegedly threatened the female staff member with a knife demanding […]
Emergency Services parkrun, Wishart
On Saturday, May 12 the Emergency Services parkrun was held at the Wishart Community Park. Police, firies and ambos all got together to take part in the event which involved over 300 people. Three awards were given out with QPS taking out prizes for being first across the line and having the best attendance! QFES took […]
Say “Ni Hao” to Upper Mount Gravatt front line officers
In the first of its kind, police from the Upper Mount Gravatt Station will be participating in a language course to learn Mandarin Chinese in a Queensland Police Service (QPS) lead initiative aimed at meeting the diverse needs of communities within its patrol division. With some suburbs in the Upper Mount Gravatt Police Station catchment […]
Dangerous driving charge, Ipswich
Three people have been charged after Polair allegedly tracked a stolen car being driven dangerously from Brisbane to Ipswich yesterday. Patrolling officers started following the stolen vehicle on Boundary Road at Coopers Plains before it allegedly evaded police when they attempted to intercept it on Oxley Road around 12.20pm. Polair tracked the vehicle as it […]
New PLOs train up
New Police Liaison Officers from across Queensland commenced their Initial Employment Training this week at the Queensland Police Academy in Oxley. Officers from a range of backgrounds, ages and ethnicities travelled as far from as Cairns, Cunnamulla, Yarrabah, Tully and Bundaberg joined their counterparts from Brisbane and Logan to undertake two weeks of tactical training, […]
Online learning tool helps police engage LGBTI community
As part of the Queensland Police Service’s continuing commitment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community it has rolled out an Online Learning Product (OLP) to all officers in time for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The learning tool helps officers by enhancing their understanding of: Significant historical events that have […]
House fire, Capalaba
Police are investigating a house fire that occurred overnight at Capalaba. Emergency services were called around 11.20pm following reports a house was on fire on Mount Cotton Road. On arrival, the house was found engulfed in flames but emergency crews were able to extinguish the blaze. The house, which was unoccupied, was extensively damaged as […]
Serious traffic crash, Stones Corner
Investigators are appealing for witnesses following a serious two vehicle traffic crash in Stones Corner this morning. Preliminary investigations indicate that about 11.30am a four-wheel-drive was travelling east along Old Cleveland Road when it collided with a hatchback at the intersection with Montague Road. A man aged in his 70s was transported to Princess Alexandra […]